
3/23 Entomology Questions Quiz
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- Q1The frons and the clypeus, located on the head, are separated by the _______________.genasubgenal sutureepistomal suturelabrum30s
- Q2Which part of the leg lies between the femur and the tarsus?trochanteraroliumcoxatibia30s
- Q3What was a major arthropod borne disease that resulted in great losses for Napoleon on his campaign to Russia?plagueepidemic typhus feveryellow fevermalaria30s
- Q4The snakeflies belong to the order ________________________.NeuropteraMegalopteraRaphidiopteraColeoptera30s
- Q5The state insect of Texas is the __________________.honey beeTexas checkered spot butterflylady bird beetlemonarch butterfly30s
- Q6In many insects, three light-sensitive ³simple´eyes, or ____, are situated of the anterior vertex between the compound eyes.obtectostiumoligopodocelli30s
- Q7These insects typically hold their wings together above and over their abdomen when resting.butterfliesdragonfliesmothsstoneflies30s
- Q8Mole crickets have _______________ legs used for digging.CursorialFossorialSaltatorialRaptorial30s
- Q9What is the branch of science concerned with describing, naming, and classifying organisms?SpeciationTaxonomyPhylogenyZoology30s
- Q10The furca is best described as:An internal brace for the legs.A springing organ.A fulcrum for the wingsA hinge for the neck.30s
- Q11_________________ is where digestive enzymes are secreted and most food absorption occurs in the insect gut.stomodeumproctodeumproventriculummesenteron30s
- Q12Which of these is not a longitudinal wing vein?costaradiusfurcacubitus30s
- Q13The insect with one of the longest known migrations and that was petitioned in 2016 to be listed for threatened or endangered status per the U.S. Endangered Species Act is the ________________.monarch butterflygreen darnerflame skimmerwestern tarnished plant bug30s
- Q14The Latin word ³Insectum´means:cut into piecessmall piecessegmentsinsect30s
- Q15What order of insect vectors Chagas disease?DipteraHemipteraOrthopteraLepidoptera30s